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20 Questions... Barry Nutley
By Mark Shippey on 30/10/2007 13:53:14
Former International Sidecross superhero and ITV's BSB commentator
. What bikes would you like to own if money were no object?Classic scramblers - a Matchless Matisse or Cheney Goldstar12. What's the maddest thing you've done on a bike?I went on a scooter tour and ended up towing my friend's Lambretta back from
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Carl Fogarty Interview - Visordown Issue 5
By Mark Forsyth on 01/12/2009 13:17:07
What's he been up to? Will Toseland win WSB? What's this about a Porsche 911 Turbo?
was liked again. He upped sticks and said a lot of stuff about people that they resented. It was 10-15 years after that he became liked again. Maybe the same’s happeneing with me, I don’t know. I’ve been opening classic bike shows, heading parades, TT
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Jay Leno - Interview
By Visordown on 26/07/2010 12:31:44
Likeable US talkshow legend Jay Leno talks jet-bikes, swapping out carbs on a Vincent Black Shadow and getting speeding tickets on a steam-powered car…
, but it changes. I get new ones and get rid of others all the time, in fact I’ve just got a new 2009 Triumph Thunderbird to go with my 1953 one. I like British bikes, I’ve got a few classic Bonnevilles and a Rocket III. I’ve only done about 15 miles
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First Person: Tori Sorby - Manx resident
By Visordown on 20/10/2010 11:49:48
Mum of two Tori has lived on the Isle of Man for nearly all her life. This is her view on the TT that comes to her homeland once a year
-up, not the main event, is the best part. We watched some of the racing this year, although my eldest son wasn't so keen on the classic bikes, a bit too LOUD. The best thing is seeing the riders just off the boat heading out to their various hotels loaded up
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10 minutes with... Pete 'Fred' Clarke
By Harriet Ridley on 24/10/2007 17:58:29
You may not recognise his face, but if you've been to a motorcycle race meeting in the last 30 years you'll definitely know his voice. Fred Clarke is the man on the mike
a classic example of slipstreaming, there we have Mick Boddice breaking wind". That left a funny smell. Then a lad who later got killed, Kevin Wrettom, asked if I could plug his sponsors Loveable Bras. I was saying, well you can make one or two
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10 Minutes with Livio Lodi
By HARRIET RIDLEY on 25/03/2008 10:13:17
The man with the keys to an Aladdin's cave of biking history.
often meet at the museum to go for ride-outs.What do you think we'll see in the future?The SportClassic Ducatis and the road version of the Desmosedici will be out soon. But the future is not history so I don't talk about it; you can't speak
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Carl Fogarty on Toseland, Twitter and being in bed by 9pm
By Visordown on 28/07/2010 11:21:07
Four time World Superbike Champion Carl Fogarty has kept his head down for the past couple of years. A chilled-out Carl talks Toseland, Twitter, dogs and being in bed by 9pm every night
upped sticks and said a lot of stuff about people that they resented. And then it was a good 10-15 years after that he became liked again.Maybe the same’s happening with me, I don’t know. I’ve been opening classic bike shows, heading parades, TT
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First Person: Julian Rhind-Tutt
By Visordown on 22/10/2010 10:53:16
Julian Rhind-Tutt, the blond actor from those Barclay Card adverts, discusses Ducatis, the incorrect way to exit Druids corner and playing Mr Monks with a broken thumb...
and was feeling confident when I fell into the classic ‘last session of the day’ trap. Who knows what happened, I’m suggesting a lack of control of the throttle, but exiting Druids I laid the bike down.As I hit the floor I remembered what my friend Tom had said
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Triumph Tiger 800 launch: Simon Warburton
By Ben Cope on 07/11/2010 22:23:10
An interview with the Product Manager of Triumph Motorcycles at the launch of the new Tiger 800
triple. We think the triple engine is a really good engine for most bikes to be honest except perhaps our cruisers and classics where we use a twin as that's more appropriate and there's heritage there. We just thought that the triple would be a good
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The Professionals - Garry Mackay
By Visordown on 26/08/2008 11:51:23
Garry Mackay is head salesman at DK motorcycles, the largest dealer in the country. He could sell your grandma if needed...
of cars and vans in part-ex, sometimes the odd classic British bike or a trike. But the weirdest was definitely a suit of armour, we couldn’t work out what period it was from and couldn’t put a value on it, so we had to turn it down. But it was a proper
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